Alma Libre Bookstore , in Puerto Morelos, is conducting their " Best of Puerto Morelos" Survey for 2007.

Will Hola Asia stay at the top of the list for the #1 restaurant? Where is your favourite place to stay; Ojo de Agua, Playasol, or some other dream destination? What is your favourite shop? Be careful when you answer theis one! For a complete list of last year's winners, or to particiapte in this years survey, read more below.....

2006 Best of Puerto Morelos Survey Results.

What is your favourite thing to do in Puerto Morelos?

Most answers were related to relaxing. Relaxing on the beach, in a hammock, at a restaurant or wandering about the town were most popular. Nobody said "writing newsletters". Wonder why?

What is your favourite restaurant?

This is our most popular and most contentious question. Here are the results from last year...

1. Hola Asia - Has topped the survey every year.

2. Pelicanos - Now open in its old location.

3. Bodo's - Now in a new oceanfront location.

4. John Gray's Kitchen - People come from all over the Mayan Riviera to dine at John's.

5. Caffe del Puerto - The late-great favourite is now unfortunately closed.

5. El Pirata - Last year's survey was their first appearance on our list.

6. Le Marlin Bleu - Our next door neighbour also made his first appearance on our list last year. I think the shrimp tacos had a lot to do with it.

Also mentioned many times were "The Old Fisherman", Portabello, Spaghettino, Tuna, Mama's Bakery, Caffetto, and El Tio.
Who will take the prize this year?

Where is your favourite place to have a drink?

Now, we didn't explain it in the survey, but this does not have to be an alcoholic drink. It can be a smoothie, a coffee or a refreshing fruit juice, so the "I don't drink" response does not cut it...unless you take all your fluids intravenously. PM's favourite place to have a drink last year was Pelicanos. Also high on the list were Don Pepe's, Portabello, the bar at Hola Asia, Posada Amor, Ojo de Agua and Cafe de Amancia

What is your favourite shop?

Most people felt obligated to write Alma Libre Bookstore, which was just the answer we were looking for. Anyone who voted for anyone else suddenly had "problems" submitting their survey or using their credit cards.

Where is your favourite place to stay in Puerto Morelos?

There was no clear winner here, but Ojo de Agua, PlayaSol, Amar Inn and Cieba del Mar were all mentioned often. Many people wrote that they liked to rent a house or condo for their stay in Puerto Morelos. We have a list of some of those places on our website here. Of course a good portion of people still responded "my place".

Favourite Book to Read in Puerto Morelos:

Most answers said "something about Mexico" a few people responded that they don't read...which led us to question our marketing practices. In the shop we notice that classics are very popular...but so are "trashy" novels. We try to have a good selection of the entire "reading spectrum" at Alma Libre.

Outside of Puerto Morelos, where is your favourite place to visit on the Mayan Riviera?

This was the first time we asked this question. We thought it might be valuable for visitors to share their favourite spots, and give us some ideas of what to do on our day off. Popular places were Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Akumal and Lake Bacalar. Several people responded that they couldn't think of a good reason to leave Puerto Morelos. This year we are asking what is your favourite daytrip?

How Many Times Have You Visited Puerto Morelos?

Once again we proved that it is difficult to visit Puerto Morelos just once. 68% of our readers had visited more than three times! 13% had visited once and 15% had visited twice. The most popular answer was too many to count, leading to us to believe that either Puerto Morelos is a place that you must visit over and over again...or most of our readers simply are not that good at math.

Where Are You From?

A long and varied list here but basically half of respondents were from the US, 27% from Canada and about 6% are from Mexico. The rest hail from all over the world including one from Finland.

So take the 2007 survey and vote for your favourite places in Puerto Moelos!